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Fresh Berry Cobbler

fresh berry cobbler in a 9x13 baking dish topped with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream, additional fresh berries and fresh mint
  • Serves: 12
  • Prep Time:  20 min
  • Cook Time:  45 min

Ingredients

  • 6 cups fresh berries such as strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries or cherries
  • ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Biscuits

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons raw sugar, for sprinkling
  • Vanilla ice cream, crème fraîche or fresh whipped cream, for serving

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.

  2. Wash the berries. If using strawberries, cut them into bite sized pieces.

  3. In a bowl mix the berries with flour, sugar, and salt. Place the berry mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish or 12 inch cast iron skillet. Sprinkle it with mint. Dot with the butter.

  4. Bake the berries in the oven for 20 minutes or until they soften and bubble around the edges, take the pan out of the oven, and stir gently with a spoon or spatula.

  5. While the berries bake, make the biscuit dough. In a large food processor, pulse the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar 5 times until the ingredients are mixed. Add the butter and pulse until the largest pieces of butter are smaller than grains of rice, about 10 more times. Pour in the cream and pulse just until the dough gathers in clumps. Do not overmix. Turn the dough out onto a piece of parchment paper and divide it into 12 equal pieces. Lightly form each piece into a shaggy disk the size of a sausage patty, about 2 ½ inches in diameter.

  6. Arrange the biscuits on top of the hot berries and sprinkle with the raw sugar. Put the dish back in the oven and bake for another 20-25 minutes until the biscuits are a golden brown.

  7. Serve the cobbler warm with vanilla or strawberry ice cream, sweetened crème fraîche or fresh whipped cream.